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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

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